Veteran Returns to Town Where He Jumped On D Day
John Jarosik, a war veteran, lands over his hometown of Vlands to keep a vow made before landing on Normandy on D-Day. He promised himself to jump over his home town if he ever returned, and today fulfills that pledge with a skyward pass over JusT Thrills Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townington
John Jarosik
Vlands
Normandy
D-Day
Jarosik
Jimmy
Long Island Sound
Connecticut
Mrs Arlie Powell 72 Dothan Woman Dies
Funeral services for Mrs Arlie Powell 72 of 205 Chalker Street Dothan will be at 2 30 p m at the residence with Rev Charles Hildreth officiating Burial will follow in City cemetery Ward Wilson in charge She had lived in Dothan 26 years Surviving are three daughters four sons a brother 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Active pallbearers include E J Williams R G Dawkins J C Griggs J TL Snell Charlie Robertson Hugo Griggs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlie Powell
Chalker Street
Dothan
Charles Hildreth
City
Wilson
Powell
A. L. Griggs
Cross City
Fla
J. G. Lorine
Eutan
Ala
Ed Jackson
J. W. Powell
Memphis
Tenn
A. R. Powell
Cc. H. Powell
A. G. Powell
Hattiesburg
Miss
Harp Harrell
Colquitt
Number 15 rotor world and the hover ascent
The narrator describes climbing into a helicopter with a three-bladed main rotor and a three-bladed tail rotor. Instead of a forward takeoff, the craft lifts upward, the ground recedes, and a powerful, dizzying sensation envelops as faith grows in the spinning rotors.
Federal Home Loans Go to HOME HEADQUARTERS ad
Federal Home Loans go to HOME HEADQUARTERS for long term low rate safe home mortgage. Desirable features and friendly service promised by Dothan Federal Savings and Loan Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Adv
Broadway satire and a deaf pianist's Cinderella tale
The piece links Irwin Shaw to a bitter Broadway blast over The Assassins and recalls Billy Provost, a pianist who regained hearing after a Cinderella tune caught Jeanette MacDonald's ear. It frames arts figures, fame, and a bold punch at critics and high society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin Shaw
Shaw
Broadway
Durante
Jeanette MacDonald
Billy Provost
Provost
Beethoven
Victor
Billy
Jeanette
Jules Lempert
Lempert
MacDonald
Lampert
Billy Rose
Folsom Faces Interims and Speakership Bid in Alabama
The incoming governor Folsom weighs interim committees as potential tools and may seek a ruling from the Supreme Court or the AG on their legality. He backs Rep. Beck for speaker, faces rivals, and hints at early appointments while a party struggle shapes the House leadership. Meanwhile, questions linger on recess work and the role of interim committees created in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McQueen
Senate
House
Fulsom
Senate House
State Supreme Court
AL AL Carmichael
Carmichael
Folsom
Supreme Court
Chauncey Sparks
Lucien DD. Gardner
Folksom
W. M. Beck
DeKalb County
W. J. Martin
Greene
Charlie Norman
Bullock
Martin
Norman
Capitol
Snow and Ice Grip Alabama as Weather Bites Hard
Snow sleet and freezing rain blanket Alabama with Mobile hit by first freezing weather of the season. Power and communications disrupted, trees damaged, highways hazardous as ice spreads inland from the Gulf Coast. Forecasters expect light snow in Muscle Shoals and sleet between Anniston and Huntsville, with temperatures near freezing statewide. The State Highway Patrol patrols roads issuing warnings to avoid travel unless necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Mercury
Muscle Shoals
Anniston
Huntsville
Montgomery
State Highway Patrol
Helping Out Friend Costs Man Both Hands
New York report says Ernest Belladonna lost both hands after a coworker, who lacked locker keys, returned to work. Belladonna reportedly told him to go home for keys then continued cleaning a machine, which another worker restarted, resulting in amputation at the wrists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ernest Belladonna
Belladonna
Red Shoemakers Top 1945 Mark
London AP reports Soviet footwear production rose by 30 percent in 1945 despite wartime destruction. Deputy Minister Dimitri Kostenko said forty large factories resumed production during the year as restoration continued on plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dimitri Kostenko
Moscow Radio
Kentucky Bankings Hazardous Industry Ruling
FRANKFORT Ky UP The banking business is a hazardous industry under Kentucky's compulsory compensation law, with banks employing janitors charwomen elevator operators and chauffeurs. Judge Dummit ruled that any institution with three or more employees in a hazardous industry is subject to the law’s terms and financial responsibility requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfor
Kentucky
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ine
Hazel-Hurst Raundry & Dry Cleaners
Roy Acuff
Ritz Theatre
Gorham
Alasama
Red Shoemakers
Wed
Ward - Wilson, Inc
W. Main St
Kentucky Bankings
Areana
Gena
Dea
Dummit
Remus
Martin Theatre
Dothan Drug CO
Homes For Sale
Southside
Headland Ave
Nidwell Addition
Park Ave
Gaines & Jones, Inc
Penney
SEARS
Dotan, al
Ai, Déane Ha
Answe
Wife
Chic
James A
Ity
Rowit
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!